From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751458AbZDFXcr (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:32:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751268AbZDFXcg (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:32:36 -0400 Received: from www.tglx.de ([62.245.132.106]:37583 "EHLO www.tglx.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750847AbZDFXcg (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:32:36 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 01:32:12 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Gleixner To: GeunSik Lim cc: Steven Rostedt , Ingo Molnar , rt-users , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Update old Mini-HOWTO for ftrace In-Reply-To: <49b7c2350904061609q7984d5f0u478a092ffcabe12c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <49b7c2350904060702j3f725a45ub5e7d3ee3af883c1@mail.gmail.com> <49b7c2350904060717l1a87cca7p880b6843ea92c702@mail.gmail.com> <49b7c2350904061609q7984d5f0u478a092ffcabe12c@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org GeunSik, On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, GeunSik Lim wrote: > Sorry, > I mistake because I don't understand how to submit patch exactly. To submit a patch you need to have: 1) useful subject line [PATCH] subsystem: what does the patch do subsystem in your care is: ftrace 2) useful patch description explains what the patch does. Which bug/problem it fixes or which enhancement it provides Look at the git log. Each commit has an (more or lesss) usefull description, but you get the idea. If you see a confusing or cryptic description you need way more time to figure out what the patch does or what it is supposed to do. 3) Your Signed-off-by Signed-off-by is the certificate of origin as described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches You can only add your own Signed-off-by. You never can add the Signed-off-by of some one else. > I just appended below "singned-off" contents for convenience. > Sorry again. > > Signed-off-by: GeunSik Lim > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt > Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar That's how it might look later on. It would say: GeunSik Lim wrote the patch Steven Rostedt picked it up from your mail and sent it to Ingo Ingo Molnar received it from Steven's mail and applied it There is no way for you to forsee how your patch will be picked up and propagated. It might go via Andrew Morton or directly to Linus. Ok ? So you only add your own Signed-off-by. Hope that helps. Thanks, tglx